• We also expect to be active during a hurricane on our Instagram account at @tampabaytimes

We also launched during Irma a Facebook group page in which readers could post their own information, ask questions and interact with others. We found this to be a vital marketplace for information. If a hurricane is headed our way, we will do that again, so please keep an eye out for that and join the group.

Another way to get prepared is to download the Tampa Bay Times mobile app for your smartphone and sign up for push notifications, which will be sent you frequently during a storm. You also can download the TBO weather app, which has up-to-the-minute radar and forecasts.